On 04 Oct 2008 Pieter posted a dns implementation for U-Boot.

http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg10216.html
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> DNS can be enabled by setting CFG_CMD_DNS. After performing a query,
> the serverip environment var is updated.
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> Probably there are some cosmetic issues with the patch. Unfortunatly I
> do not have the time to correct these. So if anybody else likes DNS
> support in U-Boot and has the time, feel free to patch it in the main tree.

Here it is again - slightly modified & smaller:
  - update to 2009-06 (Pieter's patch was for U-Boot 1.2.0)
  - README.dns is added
  - syntax is changed (now takes a third option, the env var to store
    the result in)
  - add a random port() function in net.c
  - sort Makefile in ./net/Makefile
  - dns just returns unless a env var is given
  - run through checkpatch, and clean up style issues
  - remove packet from stack
  - cleaned up some comments
  - failure returns much faster (if server responds, don't wait for
    timeout)
  - use built in functions (memcpy) rather than byte copy.
Signed-off-by: NRobin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: NPieter Voorthuijsen <pieter.voorthuijsen@prodrive.nl>
Signed-off-by: NBen Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>